"You think he just made that rule for fun, did you?" asked the Empress Dowager as she continued "well back then I was the only a concubine from the a poor background I never received a favor from anyone as I was of no use to them".
"But, your father was the only one who saw me useful as I was the only woman among his wife's who could bear him children"
"Your fathers dragon aura could not let him have children as not every woman is strong even to bear the heat of the dragon flame"
"Mother please enlighten me on the Dragon Aura" Mo Zhitien asked carefully feeling extremely guilty for upsetting his mother.
"Look and listen closely Zhitien the dragon aura is a very dangerous flame that can destroy a whole continent if not used carefully, and at the same time due to the power of the dragon aura, no woman can bear a child with the dragon flame.
Those who can control the flames are qi cultivators who has water or Ice attributes" said the Empress Dowager as she continued
"Why I instist you must marry from Swan kingdom is because Swans are naturally involved with water, and if not all at least one of the princesses must have either Water or Ice attributes or even both which is extremely rare".
"Look Zhitien I was a concubine myself who became an Empress, so I'm no stopping you from marrying only one wife, I am saying you should at least try to have a child with the princess before taking in any concubine"
"Okay"
Not intending to continue the conversation Mo Zhitien firmly replied "I understand mother I will be taking my leave thank you for explaining".
"Yes my son take care of yourself"
"I'm sorry for not telling you the whole truth Zhitien but, I think its for the best that you have no idea about it" murmured the empress watching Mo Zhitien leave her residence. But, little did she know that this little secret she kept will cause her son everything in the near future.
"Your Majesty"
Cried Mo Chen seeing Mo Zhitien walking out of Star Hall.
Your Majesty
"Set the carriages we are going to swan kingdom in a few days" commanded Mo Zhitien walking into his courtyard and shutting the door after reaching his bedchamber.
"Mom you are keeping something from me I can feel it"
"But what?" thought Zhitien carefully.
"Sigh... Mo Chen"
called Zhitien after careful thinking.
"Yes your Majesty" answered Mo Chen seeing the Emperor lost in thoughts.
"Any news from Chen?" asked Mo Zhitien
"No your Majesty, no news yet" answered Mo Chen.
"Fine keep a close eye on her Majesty and report any abnormal behavior understood" commanded Mo Zhitien walking carefully towards his bed.
"yes your majesty" replied Mo Chen.
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Sigh...!!!
Finally in town
"Hey...!! look that's the woman from the mountain" one of the villagers murmured in surprise which unfortunately attracted the attentions of all the other villagers in that area due to her unintentionally loud voice.
"Yes its her" another villager replied from the side as the slowly surrounded her.
Due to how shabby and undeveloped the village looked, one could tell the had no idea of what qi energy meant and therefore the addressed her as their goddess who descended from the heavens to help them fight against those evil animals in the forest who always injured their men who went to hunt.
Stunned by the crowd Lin yi asked "me, what did I do?" unaware of what the villagers were talking about she looked around in surprise.
"Hey goddess take this fruits there are freshly harvested just early this mourning" one of the villagers stuffed a bunch of fresh fruit in her hands before she could even react.
Soon, all the other villagers followed suit giving her free food stuffs and fresh fruits till she didn't know were to put them and had to quickly leave the place before she was buried in food.
'Sigh that will be a shameful way to die'
After leaving the village She glared back at the mountain before walking forward.
After a few hour she stopped at the inn where she first meet Mo Zhitien hoping to repay his favor if the ever meet again.